The 4th annual weeklong event takes place starting April 2nd at Mammoth Mountain and then moves to Seaside Reef, California from April 4 – April 9, 2011. Now in its fourth year, the Ultimate Boarder® Championship is the only triathlon on the planet that brings together the world’s best surfers, skaters and snowboarders for a grueling one-week series.

This is the first year the event has partnered with Mammoth Mountain and the first time in the history of California State Parks there has ever been a skate contest at Seaside Reef and at a California state park.

The unique, spectator and family friendly event will bring together legends of the sport with young up and comers, rookies and professional athletes who will compete in all three sports over a grueling week for a $30,000 first place cash prize.There will also be a team division, and a youth division for kids 15 and under.

“The event shows the history of boardsports and it also shows the future and ties it all together better than any other contest around,” said Nat Young, five-time World Champ Surfer and author of The History of Surfing.

“This is the most talented group of riders we have ever had,” said event founder Tim Hoover. “Anyone can take this year’s prize and I am so excited that we are having a live webcast because now anyone can follow the action during each stage right at their computer.”

The event is free and open to the public and there will be a live webcast starting April 2, 2011 from Mammoth Mountain at www.ultimateboarder.com.

-Chad Shetler, who won the last two Ultimate Boarder competitions, often flies under the radar moonlighting mostly as the full time skate team manager for Lost Clothing.

-13 year-old Kalani David from the North Shore of Oahu is the youngest competitor ever to compete in the solo division of Ultimate Boarder. He is a potential threat in the surf and skate portions of the event.

-Christian and his son Greyson Fletcher of the legendary Fletcher surfing family are the first father/son duo to compete against each other in an Ultimate Boarder Championship. It will also be one of the first times in action sports history that a father has competed against his son in a surf, skate or snow event.

-Snowboarder Chas Guldemond is fresh off victories at the Sprint US Grand Prix & Oakley Artic Challenge and will be tough to beat in Stage 1 – Snowboarding, but how will he finish in surf & skate?

-Kristian Philipp a construction worker from New Zealand, who trains all year for the event, has finished 3rd, 2nd, & 2nd since the event started. Can he finally top the podium?